> https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/03/29/its-a-mistake-rand-paul-opposes-tiktok-ban-cites-first-amendment-concerns-1345191/ > Congressional efforts to ban TikTok in the United States are underway but some lawmakers are coming out against such action with one of them being Republican Senator Rand Paul who cited First Amendment concerns in speaking out on why the government should not move to restrict Americans’ access to the popular Chinese-owned social media app. > With legislation to place severe restrictions on the use of the app which is used by millions to post short videos drawing bipartisan support at a time of increasingly tense relations between the United States and the communist regime in Beijing, some lawmakers are seeking to pump the breaks with the Kentucky Republican being among the detractors. > “I think it’s a really bad idea. And people need to ask themselves, ‘Why does the Chinese government ban TikTok, and do we want to emulate the Chinese government?’ So, I think it’s a mistake,” the senator told Fox News Digital, strongly suggesting that censorship is not the answer.”If you ban a social media platform, you know, I don’t know if you get any clearer that that goes against the First Amendment.”